Yie-Ar Kung Fu (Ocean) (Commodore 64)

Yie-Ar Kung Fu on the Commodore 64 will give you a sore trigger finger and aching wrists. It's much faster than the Konami original.

Kung Fu Master (US Gold/Data East) (Commodore 64/128)

The Eidolon (Activision) (Commodore 64)

What sets The Eidolon apart from the numerous other maze games around is the structure of the maze and the quality of the graphics.

Bounder (Gremlin) (Commodore 64/128)

A package well worth having (There's a free game on side two). The graphics are neat and colourful, and the scrolling is smooth and staggered.

Hardball (US Gold/Accolade) (Commodore 64)

Baseball is well worth getting into... And this program, without question, is the best way of doing so.

Dragon Skulle (Ultimate/US Gold) (Commodore 64)

A disappointing conclusion to what was a very good series of games. The best Pendragon game is still Blackwyche.

Zoids (Martech) (Commodore 64)

I love this game. It has everything - great action screens, strategy, music by Rob Hubbard and graphics which... well, just look at the screenshots!

Back To The Future (Electric Dreams) (Commodore 64)

This stands up well enough without the hit film's backing. The game really is fun, and it's difficult to keep all the characters under control.

The Young Ones (Orpheus) (Commodore 64)

A few moments into playing this, I wondered, "Am I doing this all wrong?" But I'm now certain that it was Orpheus who did it all wrong. They had a good idea in The Young Ones, but they've been completely unable to implement it.

Space Doubt (CRL) (Commodore 64)

Five minutes of blasting Bogloids against different backgrounds and I was dying of boredom.

Comic Bakery (Imagine) (Commodore 64)

One word sums this up. As the titular baker Joe so rightly says, "Ugh!" I couldn't agree more.

Uridium (Hewson) (Commodore 64/128)

A shoot 'em up better than anything that has come before. Your collection will be pretty dull without it.

Critical Mass (Durell) (Commodore 64)

If you want a really tough challenge then this will give you one, but I don't like games which substitute imagination for niggly controls.

Death Wake (Quicksilva) (Commodore 64)

Quicksilva are being remarkably reticent about their latest weapon in the war against software piracy. Namely, producing a game that is so boring no-one in their right mind would want to copy it.

Kane (Mastertronic) (Commodore 64/128)

Enough action in it to fill a John Ford western. The sound effects are more than adequate and the graphics are clear and colourful with smooth scrolling.

Tales Of The Cat (Budgie) (Commodore 64/128)

Look, even an average gamer would crack this in an afternoon. Highly suitable as a game for young children though.

Collapse (Firebird) (Commodore 64/128)

A good and very playable game.

Master Of Magic (Mastertronic) (Commodore 64/128)

It's original and it suits the style of game very well. And blow me if I wasn't humming the tune all the way home.

Kung-Fu Kid (Gremlin) (Commodore 16/Plus 4)

This game just doesn't have enough variety or incentive to hold your attention for long enough to accomplish anything.

Gullwing Falcon (Gremlin) (Commodore 16)

If nothing else, Gullwing is the kind of game that's so difficult it fires you with even greater determination to beat it.

World Series Baseball (Imagine) (Commodore 16)

Every bit as enjoyable as the C64 version. It's great fun playing the computer and I can imagine it would be even better against a real opponent.

Law Of The West (US Gold/Accolade) (Commodore 64)

This is hardly absorbing, and, on the cassette version at any rate, you have to wait for about a minute every other minute. Hardly conducive to getting any momentum or excitement going.

Lord Of The Rings (Melbourne House) (Commodore 64)

Attention to detail, brilliant parser logic, character interaction and the sheer potential for hours and hours of absorbing entertainment, make Lord Of The Rings a totally irresistible addition to the ranks of all-time micro-adventure classics.

Doomdark's Revenge (Beyond) (Commodore 64)

In Doomdark's Revenge, as in its predecessor, the sophistication of the combat interludes belies Mike Singleton's interest in, and mastery of, wargaming... Although the options are much simpler than in a conventional simulation, one's strategy can really be quite subtle.

GameMaker (Activision) (Commodore 64)

You could definitely make some quite good original games with the GameMaker but I think you would know that they'd been made with this and not actually programmed.